Dublin CoreThe Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.TitleA name given to the resourceWallace Family PapersDescriptionAn account of the resourceThrough correspondence, diaries, speeches, photographs, news clippings, and other primary source materials the public career and personal life of William Luxon Wallace and his family are documented. Glimpses of late nineteenth century Richmond, KY social and political life can be found in the correspondence of Wallace's father, Coleman Covington. In addition, due to Wallace's significance as an organizer in the Kentucky Republican Party, the collection sheds some light on the party's history during the first half of the twentieth century. It also contains political memorabilia which Wallace assembled along with a quantity of materials that document his World War I experience.
The correspondence is mostly personal and covers Republican Party activities, World War I, and the proper behavior expected from young women of the 1920s. Other letters deal with various state and national elections. When Wallace served on the Eastern Kentucky University Board of Regents, the subject of the correspondence shifts to Eastern.
The collection also includes several diaries from the women in the family, Wallace’s wife wrote over a span of 44 years; his sister wrote while she was at school in Louisville in the 1920s and there is one volume from his sister-in-law.DateA point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource1867-1975FormatThe file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resourcecorrespondence, diaries, publications, documentsLanguageA language of the resourceengTypeThe nature or genre of the resourcetextimageIdentifierAn unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context1982A004Still ImageA static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.LocationThe location of the interviewb.27/f.06Dublin CoreThe Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.SourceA related resource from which the described resource is derivedWallace, William L. PapersIdentifierAn unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context1982A004-0707TypeThe nature or genre of the resourceimageDateA point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource1919FormatThe file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resourcephotographTitleA name given to the resourceFrench countryside, Building ruinsFrance